Psalms 80
1 For the music director. A psalm of Asaph. To the tune “Lilies of the Covenant.” Please hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead the descendants of Joseph like a flock. You who sit on your throne above the cherubim, shine out
For the Leader; upon Shoshannim. A testimony. A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that art enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.
2 in the presence of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Gather together your power and come to save us!
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Thy might, and come to save us.
3 God, please restore us! Let your face shine on us so we can be saved.
O God, restore us; and cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
4 Lord God Almighty, how long will you be angry with the prayers of your people?
O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt Thou be angry against the prayer of Thy people?
5 You fed them with the bread of tears, and gave them a full bowl of tears to drink.
Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
6 You turn us into victims our neighbors fight over; our enemies mock us.
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours; and our enemies mock as they please.
7 God Almighty, please restore us! Let your face shine on us so we can be saved!
O God of hosts, restore us; and cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
8 You carried us out of Egypt like a vine. You drove out the heathen nations, and then you planted the vine.
Thou didst pluck up a vine out of Egypt; Thou didst drive out the nations, and didst plant it.
9 You prepared the ground for the vine. It took root and filled the land.
Thou didst clear a place before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered by its shade; its branches covered the great cedars.
The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the mighty cedars with the boughs thereof.
11 It sent its branches as far west as the Mediterranean Sea, and its shoots as far east as the Euphrates River.
She sent out her branches unto the sea, and her shoots unto the River.
12 So why have you broken down the walls that protect it so that everyone who passes by can steal its fruit?
Why hast Thou broken down her fences, so that all they that pass by the way do pluck her?
13 Wild pigs from the forest eat it, wild animals feed on it.
The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, that which moveth in the field feedeth on it.
14 God Almighty, please return to us! Look down from heaven and see what's happening to us! Come and care for this vine
O God of hosts, return, we beseech Thee; look from heaven, and behold, and be mindful of this vine,
15 that you planted yourself, this son that you brought up yourself.
And of the stock which Thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that Thou madest strong for Thyself.
16 We, your vine, have been chopped down and burned. May those who did this die when you glare at them.
It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of Thy countenance.
17 Protect the man who stands beside you; strengthen the son you have chosen.
Let Thy hand be upon the man of Thy right hand, upon the son of man whom Thou madest strong for Thyself.
18 Then we will not turn away from you. Revive us so we can pray to you.
So shall we not turn back from Thee; quicken Thou us, and we will call upon Thy name.
19 Lord God Almighty, please restore us! Let your face shine on us so we can be saved.
O LORD God of hosts, restore us; cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
